Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi has said that it is in the interests of the West to stand by Pakistan as it has played an important role in making Western countries more secure by battling al-Qaeda and the Taliban. In an interview with British media on Wednesday, Foreign Minister Qureshi said Pakistan stands by the world in fight against terrorism. Pakistan's actions against al-Qaeda and the Taliban had brought greater security to the West, but at great cost to Pakistan, with thousands of Pakistanis killed and injured, and a raging insurgency undermining an already struggling economy, he said. If we fail now, Qureshi said, it will not only be Pakistan that suffers.